Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-08

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We rcsn,ly had occasion to visit the
mssnIhcsn, breeding establishment OF
Mssu. b y. & Y. II briggs Of Auburn,
Who are among the fofemos, breeders In
New England. Of uotting horses. jersey
ea,,leisnd Yorkshire swine. The. leading
feature Of their breeding business u the
production Of choice bred trotiing stock.
In this they have shown good jadsmsn'
and enterprise 10 selecting and placing
., the head Of their stud two such grand
md royalty bred young stations a. Mes.
sspgsr wilkts and Roeksisllo~. seiors OF
two Of the moe, popular and speed.pro-
dacins families Of the day. the Wilkes
and E,sctioneer. /
Messenger wilkes has teen described
before In this paper. and We will only
say now that b. Is continually improving
In look. and speed. and has earned 'or
biz owners the present season about
$4,000. We saw several u bis colts Of
the farm. They were ell Of foe 'irs and
showed . god gait. The sire OF Mes
.shs,r wilke. was Red Wilkes. one Of
tie test sons Of the mighty Geo. Wilkes.
AMI his dam vas BY Messenger Chief. sire
o. Maud Messenger. 2:l63.
The other stallion. Rookefellow. We
saw for the hrt time. aud liked him
we'll lie IL three years old. stands l53
hands high. and IL . rich zeal brown 10
color. With q Goa, as hne as satin. aud
no long hair on the fstlock. lie has .
clean. in,slligsn, head. neck Of good
length and we'll &c, upon shoulders of'he
mos, symmetrical shape, which In turn
are joined 10 . round barrel OF medium
lsns,h. with s,roog loin and neatly turn.
ed hips. His legs are OF nice shape,
clean aud aat, with bone Of ivory and
cords Of steel. His a.sh 10 firm and
muscles hard, and there u no soft spot
In his whole makeup. His sire va.
Elec,ioneer. the great sire OF col, ,ro.'efs
In California, and bis dam vas by Clark
Chief, son Of Mambrino Chief. he has
not b,en trained a. yet. bu, is rapid and .
gr,a, rosdsr. The Wilkes mare owned
by J. q. Young Of Milton. Mass. and J.
ID. Williams Of South Paris, vas bred to
hi. col, and IL safely with foal.
A large proportion OF the races q, the
late meeting Of the Kentucky Horse
Breeders Association. held q, lexington.
KY, were won by near relatives Of these
two Young stations Keaiueky Is The
home Of Almoni. Belmont. Harold. Hap
py Medium, Dictator. King Rsne. and
until recently Of Na,~ood. Psncoss, and
Caylsr. II Vas here tina, Geo. Wilkes
stood during the greater part OF bis stud
service anil founded . family that BY
their achievement. on the race course
will keep hi, memory green for many
years 10 come.
Al the srea, .,rO,iing even, jas, refer.
red TO. the FIRE, heat Ia the 1913 class vas
Won by Aleyon. by Aleyon. son OF Geo.
Wilkes. In 2:2i2; the next three were
captured by ROXY Me0resOr The
stakes for three yesr-o!ds were won by
Chimes, by Eleeiioneer; bs,. time 2;5ot'
In the 2:55 stallion race. Gen. Wilkes,
BY Geo. wilkes. took fn, money; bee,
time 2:?i2 The stakes for foar.yssr.
old. were Won by wOnder Wilkes. by
Red Wilkes bes, time 2:2S. The two
year.old stakes we're taken by Bell Boy f;
b,., time 2;?7t The 2.33 race Was
won by Abel, by Messenger Chief; bee,
time 2:2Ii. The special stakes hr three
yesr.olds were won by Mamie Wood. by
Woods HambletoniAa; beat time ?;?6.
In the three.minu,e class frs, money
was taken by Gen. Wilkes; best time
2:2it. A two-yesr-old pacing flly by
Na,woOd paced q mile Ia 2:2it. The
free. fcr.sll vas won by Prince Wilkes.
son OF Red wilkes best tine 2:i6. Ia
the 2:27 class the winner ". Wilkes
Brine, by Mambrino. dam by Geo.
Wilkes; hes, time 2:23. The stallion
race was won by Princeton; time ?;l9l
Princeton IL by Phneep'. son Of Nam.
brino Dudley. The winner In the 2;25
class was Prince Edward, by King Rene.
full brother to Redwood; bes, time 2;2t}
Wayne wilkes paced mile to beat
2:20. and completed the circai, in 2:ls3.
bessie c.. by Red Wilkes. ,rO,ted =
mile In Just $50. Reed Wilkes. by Red
wilkes, fo,,ed two heats in 2:?53.
2:26}.
That Is the way they 70 IL in Ken.
lucky, and Il shows whA, can be ecom-
plished by breeding well. feeding well.
aud handling we'll.
The pas, few weeks have Witnessed
the deaths while ye, young and With
brish, prospects Of future greatness. OF
three Of New Ensland's horses. one Of
which va. the wonderful speedy g'iiing
Whit. seeks. 2;2oi. by A'cin,ais. sos
Of Geo. wilke. The o,hers were DOr-
chester. by Dictator sire Of PhAlls'.
2:i3i) and Fred b.. by wia,hrop Nor
rill, owned By W. G. CLARK Of Ls~i'ton.